Pete McDonough has been studying and performing acoustic blues

for 50 years. His performances take listeners on a journey through

the American tradition of acoustic blues, from the Piedmont to the

Delta, and include current approaches to fingerstyle guitar.

He participated in the production of Harlem Street Singer, an award-

winning documentary about the music of Rev. Gary Davis, and wrote

the biographies of 25 blues legends for The Complete Acoustic Blues

Method, by Woody Mann.

He has recorded two CDs for Huckelberry Music, “Fat in Paris and

Other People’s Blues” (2017) and most recently, “An Autumn

Afternoon,” released in January 2024. He also appears on

“Southside Saturday Night,” a compilation of performances at the

legendary Godfrey Daniels Coffee House in Bethlehem, Pa.